@dougwagner13.bsky.social visits the Short Box Podcast & @badrm.bsky.social to chat about Narco, dark comedy horror comics, and the Materials Universe! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ldf...

"With a fun yet intense script and vivid visual work, Narco is another must-read for fans of the Materials universe and of the slasher genre as a whole." Monkeys Vs. Robots gives Narco 1 a 👨‍🍳💋 review—preorder from your LCS before Monday 2/9! @imagecomics.com monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-narco...

FOC FOR NARCO 1 IS A WEEK FROM TODAY, 2/9! *Run* to your comic shop & preorder this insidious thriller about a narcoleptic who must hunt down a vicious killer or face the big sleep 😱 From the Fashion School Serial Killer team of @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard Comics 💅 @imagecomics.com

Taking your girl out to eat means something different in #PlushComic 🤢 Furry cannibals, pack hunting, and love at first sight abound in Plush by @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard, @whoisrico.bsky.social & @eduke.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 #ValentineReads @imagecomics.com

This is your reminder that I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILLER is one of Newsarama's Best Comics of 2025! 🎉 "...a new satirical classic that, fingers crossed, gets the great sequel all horror hits deserve." Slice open this modern masterpiece from @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard

Narco instantly jumped to the top of our 2026 list with a killer premise and a creative duo we trust completely. Read more about it on the blog! 📕 @dougwagner13.bsky.social @12gaugecomics.bsky.social

Us trying to get all of our gf, bfs, wives, and husbands to read our fav comics 😭 WE'LL GET THERE 💪 I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer by @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard Comics, Michelle Madsen & @eduke.bsky.social.

Panels we love: the first work Jason Pearson did for 12-Gauge was on The Ride 2, written by @dougwagner13.bsky.social. As the climax to the story that kicked everything off, Jason brought a groundswell of energy and style that would define all of his future work💥 We miss you brother.

Miss Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition on Kickstarter? You can still snag this definitive, oversized slab of 12” x 17” color scans from one of the most stylized, kinetic voices in comics via BackerKit 👉 bodybags.backerkit.com

All we're saying is that this page is a masterclass in lettering. We're cloning you @eduke.bsky.social. Watch your toothbrush 🤗 #VinylComic by @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart & Ed 💀 @imagecomics.com

Pss... Hit up your local comic shop and preorder Narco 1 from @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart & @eduke.bsky.social before FOC on 2/9. Get ready for an endless adrenaline shower in the murder mystery noir of the year 😱 @imagecomics.com

We're busting out into the weekend like Mack and Panda ramming through a bullet storm💥 And did we mention that you can now get Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition on @backerkit.com? If you missed the Kickstarter, you know what to do🚨 bodybags.backerkit.com

LOCKED & LOADED-A JASON PEARSON SKETCH BOOK youtu.be/6yf5LmOr8aY @12gaugecomics.bsky.social

We're taking our cue from Mack and Panda and getting through hump day, even if it's kicking and screaming (and possibly hemorrhaging). This beaut can be found in Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition in all of its 12" by 17" glory 😍

If you're seeing this it means that Keebler loves you and you need to make Valentine's Day Reservations ASAP. You said you would last year and dropped the ball. Don't disappoint Keebs 🌹💋 #PlushComic by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard @imagecomics.com

What do you think Matador's listening to in this scene as he wrecks Miami's organized crime from the inside out? 🤔 We're loading up on this balmy sunset noir as January keeps us inside 🥶 Matador by @stelfreeze1.bsky.social & Devin Grayson, available via @imagecomics.com 🐂

We're already regretting the mayhem we're stirring up this weekend 😩 💥 Read comics 💥 Break Speed Limits 💥 Do Crimes Laci's there to help. @dougwagner13.bsky.social @stelfreeze1.bsky.social #TheRideComic

It finally arrived! Jason Pearson's Body Bags artist edition along with his sketchbook and Body Bags plus artist edition. Thanks @act4publishing.bsky.social @12gaugecomics.bsky.social and @stuartngart.bsky.social for getting it out to us 😀 #jasonpearson #bodybagscomic

Marcus can't stop blacking out. He's a narcoleptic. Then he witnesses a grisly murder. He'll have to stay conscious long enough to solve it or risk eternal sleep💀 Narco by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard. 3/4/26. @imagecomics.com

One of our favorite things about Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition is Jason's intricate pencils. There's so much texture and topography in these renderings. Amplified on 12” x 17” scans, it feels like you could smudge your fingers on this work 🖤✏️

If you're getting more cravings for Rennie after I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILLER, witness her first glorious emergence in Vinyl from the same team —@dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard. Serial Killers storm a cult compound. They hug and work out their differences 🤗 @imagecomics.com

It's the weekend. If you're not somersaulting over a car while $#!*-talking the competition, you're not doing it right 🧐 Let Laci shows you how it's done. #TheRideComic by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & @stelfreeze1.bsky.social.

Anyone who's received their copy of Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition: we want to hear from you. Post your pics, first impressions, how many reps you can master benching this massive book... LET US KNOW🙂🔪

Panels we love: @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Tomm Coker crafting our favorite low-key action hero in The Nun...who may also be the daughter of Satan...but also really just wants to dance 😈🪩 From #TheRideComic: Burning Desire @imagecomics.com

The most solid of mail calls. @12gaugecomics.bsky.social @act4publishing.bsky.social

Panels we love: honestly...anything with Rennie. (We love you Rennie, even if you're a pain in the neck 🥁.) I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard. TBP out now courtesy @imagecomics.com.

Us sinking into the existential, timeless void between 12/25 and 1/1 😴 Narco comes out in March from @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard. Murder. Mystery. Heroes who fall asleep at the slightest hint of stress. @imagecomics.com

What are you reading this holiday break? (Kudos if you're reading @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard's Materials Universe. Serial Killers vs. terrible people.) 🪡 I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer 🍴 Plastic: Death & Dolls 🦄 Plush 🐻 Vinyl 🍩 Plastic All available via @imagecomics.com.

Fam: wishing you all a warm and cozy holiday filled with delight and comics. We can't even wait to tell you all what we have planned in 2026 🙊 (Laci's keeping our secrets too.) ❤️

We're getting hyped knowing that Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition will have shipped to everyone after the end of next week. Anyone who ordered this slab of sequential art history will soon be able to devour all 248 pages of kinetic action 🙂

Panels we love: We can't put our finger on the first victim in Plastic: Death & Dolls, but he looks...familiar? 🤔 Maybe somebody we've seen before who's also drawn a 12-Gauge book or two? Curious what @dougwagner13.bsky.social and Daniel think.

@dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard have spent their careers showing what it's like to be a serial killer... In Narco, they show the terror of hunting one while completely defenseless. The Hitchcockian, white-knuckle horror begins this March from @imagecomics.com in Narco 😴😈!

NEW SERIES! @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard (I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer) reunite for NARCO. Marcus attempts to avenge his neighbor's grisly murder...if he can avoid blacking out from his narcolepsy 😴. Prepare for an adrenaline-drenched thriller out March from @imagecomics.com.

Us peaking out of the destruction we wrought over the weekend into the upcoming week 😭 From Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition, shipping to backers *this month*!

We're already breaking the speed limit into the weekend..... 💥 Sleep In 💥 Read Comics 💥 Do Crimes #TheRideComic by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & @stelfreeze1.bsky.social (duh).

Panels we love: a retired getaway driver reverses course back into a life of misery and violence in The Hard Place by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Nic Rummel. Seat belts encouraged. @imagecomics.com 🚗🚔🐒🦓

🔥 Bonk 🔥 Bonk 🔥 Bonk OK--what was everyone's favorite kill in I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILLER and why was it the umbrella bisection?☂️ Let us know in the comments. @dougwagner13.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

Panda appreciation post. We 🖤 you panda. That is all. By the greatly missed Jason Pearson (of course).

Have fun falling into the weekend, fam. 💥 Read good comics. 💥 Break speed limits. 💥 Commit crimes. From #TheRideComic by @ronmarz.bsky.social, Chris Brunner & @whoisrico.bsky.social.

Rennie's face when she learns you haven't picked up I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILL VOL. 1, out TODAY! Run to your LCS and snag it ASAP 😠 @imagecomics.com @dougwagner13.bsky.social

OUT TODAY❤️‍🔥 I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILLER VOL. 1 Join Rennie Bethary on her journey through haute couture and murder in the revenge thriller of the year. It's a literal blood bath from @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard Comics, Michelle Madsen & @eduke.bsky.social.

Just know that your Jason Pearson's Body Bags: Artist's Edition books are on en route. Just really hoping there aren't too many, um, speed bumps along the way 😬 248 12” x 17” pages await. Be kind to your delivery service.

Getting cozy after preordering I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer TPB 🤗 @dougwagner13.bsky.social, Daniel Hillyard Comics, Michelle Madsen & @eduke.bsky.social sew high fashion, antihero horror, and vengeance into the blood-soaked thriller of the year. Out NEXT WEEK, 12/3.

Us saying f&^% it and leaving work despite an inbox full of unopened emails. Have a restful holiday weekend everyone. Sleep in. Read Comics. Break laws. #TheRideComic by @dougwagner13.bsky.social & @stelfreeze1.bsky.social (duh)

As we enter the holidays, we want to thank all of you for being our family. Creators, fans, publishers, we're all printing dreams and it's an honor to be a part of this community. Thank you♥️ Speaking of family, illustration by the always-missed Jason Pearson.

Your reminder that Hack/Slash = Body Bags is the biggest, nastiest brawl of the year. Wear a helmet 🪖 Get the full collection *now* from @imagecomics.com 🙂 @hackintimseeley.bsky.social 🔪 Stefano Caselli 🙂 Steve Kurth 🔪 Kurt Michael Russell 🙂 Crank!

The Happiest of Birthdays to our ever-affable founder and north star, Keven Gardner 🎂🥳 (Also hoping your comic doppelgänger in Plastic gets a resurrection at some point.)

Rennie is stitching up a new masterpiece guaranteed to slay on the catwalk... I WAS A FASHION SCHOOL SERIAL KILLER from @dougwagner13.bsky.social & Daniel Hillyard is one of the most inventive, biting, and gruesome action-horror comics of the year. Get the collection on 12/3 @imagecomics.com.

Seems like a lifetime ago

Panels we love: no matter how cold it gets, this Loose Ends art from Chris Brunner and @whoisrico.bsky.social will perpetually transport us back into summer 🏖️🌅 @imagecomics.com